Chapter 257: Chapter 258: Encountering Feng Jue

In an instant, the expressions of these people changed drastically. The twenty-third level was their limit; they could go no higher.

Gazing at Ye Wushuang, who looked like a Fierce God, they were shaken to their very core.

They had thought their superior numbers would be enough to kill Ye Wushuang and take his belongings, but his strength was far too terrifying.

In that instant, they all regretted provoking this monster.

"Let’s leave for now! We’ll let the Eldest Senior Brother handle this bastard. When that time comes, he’s as good as dead," Huo Zheng shouted to the Fiery Sun Sect disciples beside him, his face dark.

As he spoke, a vicious glint flashed in his eyes. He suddenly thrust out his palm, which transformed into a terrifying fire python, crushing four or five people next to him.

AHHH!

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, their bodies were engulfed in flames, and they let out blood-curdling screams.

At the same time, Wenhao and the others also attacked, incinerating the people who had been following them.

Among them were members of the Illusion Race.

"Fiery Sun Sect, you’re courting death!" Beize Peng roared, transforming into a Great Peng and charging toward the Fiery Sun Sect members like a beam of light.

To the twenty-fourth level!

Huo Zheng shouted and rushed toward the twenty-fourth level.

Ye Wushuang followed suit, quickly crossing over to the twenty-fourth level. His Battle Saber fell, instantly cleaving several Fiery Sun Sect disciples in two.

Huo Zheng, Wenhao, and the others were scared to death.

The people remaining on the twenty-third level were also stunned. Too scared to ascend, they scrambled for the Light Gate instead.

"Get to the Light Gate!" Huo Zheng bellowed upon setting foot on the twenty-fourth level. The surviving Fiery Sun Sect members rushed frantically toward it.

Ye Wushuang gave chase. The crimson glow of his saber fell like a blood moon, blanketing the area in a dense flurry of attacks.

BANG!

BANG!

He instantly killed several people, leaving only Huo Zheng and Wenhao.

"We’re almost at the Light Gate!"

Seeing the Light Gate just ahead, Huo Zheng and Wenhao smiled in relief, completely disregarding the deaths of the disciples behind them.

Countless tyrannical saber slashes continued to rain down from above.

"Just a little more, just a little more!" Huo Zheng cried out in terror. Watching the saber slash about to fall on his head, he glanced at the person beside him.

"Wenhao, help me!"

Huo Zheng yelled, and before Wenhao could even understand what was happening, Huo Zheng’s palm struck him.

BOOM! Wenhao’s body was sent flying directly into the path of the saber slashes. They landed on him one after another, and despite his strength, he was hacked to death.

Even in death, he couldn’t believe that Huo Zheng had sacrificed him just to survive.

RUMBLE!

Buying himself a moment to breathe, Huo Zheng’s figure vanished into the Light Gate.

A furious roar echoed from within: "Ye Wushuang, you killed everyone from my Fiery Sun Sect! Just you wait for the judgment of my Sect’s experts!"

Ye Wushuang’s brow furrowed. He then glanced toward the members of the Cyan Race on the twenty-seventh level. His body flashed like a beam of light as he shot past the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth levels, landing on the twenty-seventh.

His speed left the people on both levels completely dumbfounded; they thought they had seen a ghost.

He met no resistance at all, as if the Celestial Ladder itself was made for him. It was something far beyond their imagination.

"Who is that? He’s only at the True Essence Sixth Layer, yet he crossed two levels with such ease. Could his points already rival those of the strongest disciples?" some people began to speculate.

Seeing him charge up in an instant, the expressions of the few Cyan Race members darkened.

"You deserve to die!" Staring at Qing Shui and the others, Ye Wushuang’s killing intent erupted like a sharp sword piercing the air, causing the Cyan Race members to shudder.

"He actually caught up." A trace of surprise flickered across Qing Shui’s charming face, but it was quickly replaced by a cold sneer. ’So what if he made it up here? Does he really think he can kill me?’

Glancing at the people fighting nearby, she cried out in a deceptively delicate voice, "Quick, kill that man! The points on him are enough for us to reach the fortieth or fiftieth level! Kill him!"

With that, she took the lead and slashed at Ye Wushuang. Her cyan Sword Qi carried a chilling, venomous aura.

Qing Wei, Qing Yang, and the others also launched a series of attacks, which took the form of giant cyan serpents lunging at Ye Wushuang.

Ye Wushuang obliterated them with a single slash of his saber and stepped forward.

The combatants who had been fighting each other now turned their attention to Ye Wushuang. Seeing that he was only at the True Essence Sixth Layer but had made it this far, they realized he must have a huge number of points. He was a fat sheep ripe for the slaughter.

And so, some of them began to eye Ye Wushuang with malicious intent.

Seeing this, Qing Shui smiled charmingly. ’You want to fight me? I’m afraid you don’t have the strength. After you’re dead, I’ll find a chance to kill that bitch down below.’

"Let’s go!" Qing Shui said, glancing down toward the twentieth level, a venomous, snake-like glint in her eyes. ’When Ye Wushuang is dead, Ye Rou will die too.’

As she spoke, Qing Shui and her group launched a few more attacks to draw the crowd’s attention, then began to fall back.

The crowd stared at Ye Wushuang, their gazes growing increasingly greedy.

"I only want their lives. Anyone who stands in my way will die."

Ye Wushuang stood with his white robes spattered in blood, holding his blood-soaked Battle Saber, his menacing aura overwhelming.

His icy declaration sent a chill down everyone’s spine.

"A lowly piece of trash like you dares to make such arrogant boasts? I’m Hao Jian, and I’ll be taking your points," a young man in the crowd sneered as he stepped forward.

RIP!

He had barely taken a single step when a cold saber flash from behind tore his body to shreds, splattering warm blood across the faces of the others.

But that warmth only made their blood run cold.

Then, a young man in black robes, carrying a Silver Battle Saber, was seen striding toward Ye Wushuang.

Who else could it be but Feng Jue, the one with the Saber Demon Body?

Ye Wushuang looked at Feng Jue and gave a cold command, "Hold them back. If any of them make a move, kill them all."

"Understood. Exterminate!"

Feng Jue hoarsely spat out two words.

RUMBLE!

Ye Wushuang nodded and, with a single stride, charged into the crowd.

And Feng Jue, raising his Silver Battle Saber, followed close behind.

"Kill this piece of trash!"

Unable to hold back any longer, some of them charged at Ye Wushuang.

World Destruction!

Ye Wushuang coldly spat out two words. A crimson curtain of light erupted from his Dragon Blood Battle Saber, tearing apart everything in its path.

Amidst agonizing screams, bodies fell one after another, forming a bloody path before him.

Ye Wushuang strode down the bloody path toward Qing Shui and the others. Behind him, Feng Jue was like a true demon of slaughter, relentlessly cutting down anyone in their way.

Exterminate!

He was fulfilling Ye Wushuang’s command: extermination.

Empowered by his Saber Demon Body, he struck fear and regret into their hearts.

’We shouldn’t have been so eager to step forward.’

Qing Shui, Qing Wei, and Qing Yang had been preparing to rush to the twenty-eighth level, but now they found themselves completely stuck.

To their dismay, the very people who were supposed to be their meat shields were being slaughtered by the youth in black.

Meanwhile, Ye Wushuang was charging straight for them.

"This is bad! Quick, to the Light Gate!"

Seeing this, Qing Wei yelled, abandoning any thought of reaching the twenty-eighth level and instead rushing for the Light Gate on the twenty-seventh.

"Ye Wushuang, is it? The next time we meet, I’ll take your life. And as for that bitch... she’s quite a looker. The men of my Cyan Race have a special talent for ’breaking’ people. I’m sure they’ll break her into a proper little slut."

Qing Shui cackled as she looked back at Ye Wushuang, her words utterly venomous.